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Celebrity deaths like Chadwick Boseman’s tend to be followed by a spike in the number of suicides. If you’re feeling suicidal, the US suicide hotline is 1-800-273-8255.

Reach out to your friends, especially your Black friends.”

The second image is a list of suicide hotlines in various countries:

“Suicide Hotlines

Argentina: 54-0223-493-0430

Austria: 01-713-3374

Barbados: 429-9999

Belgium: 106

Botswana: 3911270

Brazil: 21-333-9191

Canada: 519-416-486-2242

      Alberta: 1-888-787-2880

      British Columbia: 1-866-872-0113

      Quebec: 5-14-723-4000

China: 852-238-20000

Costa Rica: 5-06-253-5439

Croatia: 01-4833-888

Cyprus: 357-77-77-72-67

Denmark: 70-201-201

Egypt: 7621602

France: 01-45-39-4000

Italy: 06-705-4444

Japan: 3-5286-9090

Mexico: 5-25-510-2550

Netherlands: 0900-0767

New Zealand: 4-473-973

Norway: 47-815-33-300

New Guinea: 675-326-00

Philippines: 02-896-9191

Poland: 52-70-000

Russia: 8-20-222-82-10

Spain: 91-459-00-50

United Kingdom: 0800-068-4141

United States: 1-800-784-8433, 1-800-784-2433, 1-800-273-8255″

The third and final image is two lists of World Suicide Hotlines:

“World Suicide Hotlines

Albania: 127

Algeria: 0021 3983 2000 58

Argentina: (54-11) 4758-2554

Armenia: (2) 538194 / (2) 538197

Australia: 13 11 14

Austria (1): 147

Austria (2): 017133374

Bahamas (1): 328-0922

Bahamas (2): 322-4999

Bahrain (1): 0097 161 199 188

Bahrain (2); 0097 161 199 260

Bahrain (3): 0097 161 199 191

Bahrain (4): 0097 161 199 334

Bangladesh: 01985275286

Barbados: (246) 429999

Belgium: 106

Bolivia: (00 591 4) 4 25 42 42

Botswana: 3911270

Brazil: +55 51 211 2888

Bulgaria: 0035 9249 17 223

Canada - Alberta: 1-888-787-2880

Canada - Grater Vancouver: 604-872-3311

Canada - Howe Sound/ Sunshine Coast: 18666613311

Canada - TTY: 1-866-872-0113

Canada - BC-wide: 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433)

Canada - Quebec: 5-14-723-4000

Chile: (00 56 42) 22 12 00

China: 0800-810-1117

China (Mobile/IP/Extension users): 010-8295-1332

Colombia (Barranquilla): (00 57 5) 372 27 27

Colombia (Bogota): (57-1) 323 24 25

Colombia (Medellin): (00 57 4) 284 66 00

Colombia (San Juan de Pasto): 3016326701

Costa Rica: 5-06-253-5439

Croatia: (01) 4833-888

Cuba: 532 348 14 49

Cyprus: +357 77 77 72 67

Czech Republic (Modrá Linka): +420 549241010

Czech Republic (Linka bezpečí): 116 111

Czech Republic (Prague): 004 202 460 80 718

Denmark: +45 70 201 201

Dominica: 333

Ecuador: 593 2 6000 477

Egypt: 7621602

El Salvador: 132

Estonia (1): 126

Estonia (2): 127

Estonia (3) 646 6666

Fiji (1): 679 670565

Fiji (2): 679 674364

Finland: 01019-0071

France: (+33) (0)9 51 11 61 30

World Suicide Hotlines:

Gambia: 117

Germany (1): 0800 1110 111

Germany (2): 0800 1110 222

Germany (Youth): 0800 1110 333

Ghana: 233 244 846 701

Greece: (0) 30 210 34 71 164

Guatemala: 502-254-1259

Guinea: 122

Guyana: (+592) 223-0001

Haiti: 114

Honduras: 504-237-3623

Hongkong: 2389 2222

Hungary: (46) 323 888

Iceland: +91 33 2474 4704

Indonesia: 500-454

Iran: 00989127181037

Iraq: 112

India: 2549 7777

Ireland (1): +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90

Ireland (2): +44 (0) 8457 90 91 92

Ireland (3): 1850 60 90 90

Ireland (4): 1850 60 90 91

Israel: 1201

Italy: 06-705-4444

Jamaica: 1-888-429-KARE (5272)

Japan: 3-5286-9090

Jordan: 0096 262 508 900

Kenya: 020 2051323

Latvia: 371 67222922

Liberia: 6534308

Lithuania: 116 123

Malaysia: (063) 92850039

Malta: 179

Mexico: 5-25-50-2550

Morocco: 022 383 42 42

Netherlands: 0900-0767

New Zealand: 4-473-973

Nicaragua: 505-268-6171

Norway: 47-815-33-300

New Guinea: 675-326-00

Pakistan: 15 / 115

Papua New Guinea: 675 326 0011

Philippines: 02-896-9191

Poland: 52-70-000

Portugal: (+351) 225 50 60 70″

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wear a scarf or bandana to cover your nose and mouth (assuming you don’t have access to a gas mask, dust mask or other kinds of filtered masks). cover up identifying marks like tattoos. 

tie up your hair and cover it as best as you can (tear gas can and will get into your hair and become tricky to wash out, you risk repeated exposure if you touch your hair and then your face etc).

wear goggles (swimming goggles or ski goggles work pretty well, sunglasses are not as good but they are better than nothing).

COVER YOUR SKIN (tear gas irritates the fuck out of your skin so cover up as best as you can. wear gloves. especially in warmer months sweat or other kinds of moisture on open skin eyes and lungs will react to tear gas and it will burn).

carry cold water with you to wash your face upon exposure, make sure it’s sealed so it’s not contaminated. hot water will open your pores and likely exacerbate the situation, so try to only use cold water.

prepare a separate spray bottle and fill it with a mixture of baking soda and water, this will help neutralize some of the effects of the gas. 3 tsp to every 250 ml seems to be a good rule of thumb. you will spray this onto your face and skin as needed. edit: this mixture is similar to what we used while we were protesting, but i have read conflicting reports regarding its medical efficacy. there’s apparently a risk of scratching your corneas if the baking soda has not dissolved sufficiently. if in doubt just use loads of fresh cold water.

do not wear makeup, sunscreen, creams, or contact lenses. 

upon exposure: 

try not to panic. running blindly will overexert your lungs and make things worse, and might make you hyperventilate faster. you also risk creating chaos and running headfirst into something more dangerous. move quickly but safely to get away from the cloud. get to higher ground if you can. if you’re in a building that has been gassed, immediately exit the building.

if you do inhale it, DON’T PANIC. it feels horrible and kind of like you might die but for most people it’s not lethal. (if you have asthma or other respiratory conditions or you’re elderly it’s far more dangerous for you to be exposed. infants are at greater risk also.) don’t rub your eyes or your face. you might vomit. your eyes and nose will stream like crazy. cough and spit as much as you can to get rid of the mucus build up. you might feel dizzy and disoriented. you might feel blinded. that’s normal. use the spray bottle on your eyes and face as quickly as possible and escape the area. the immediate effects will likely wear off in an hour or two but you might feel the burning/irritation for a day or two afterwards. 

take care of yourself first and help others after. remember that touching exposed individuals with bare hands will contaminate your skin also. 

if a gas canister lands next to you DO NOT TOUCH IT UNLESS YOU’RE WEARING HEAVY DUTY GLOVES. you will get second degree burns. the traffic cone method that HK protesters have been using seems to be the safest option to neutralize the canisters, but unless you’re sufficiently prepared to do this your only priority should be to get away from them. 

when you get home: 

take off your shoes outside so you don’t track particles into your house. wear gloves while handling contaminated items. 

take off all of your clothes. everything, down to your underclothes will likely be soaked in gas. if you’re able to, hang them outside to air them out on a balcony or in a yard for a few days.

wash your face with cold water as many times as you can. do not stand over a sink and do this; kneeling down and tilting your head back to pour water over your face and into the inner corners your eyes is more effective. flush your eyes out one by one, try not to cross-contaminate particles from one eye into the other.

wash your glasses and goggles with soap and water. 

take a cold shower with soap. do not take a bath. you will probably have to take multiple showers until the burning on your face and skin subsides.

wash your contaminated clothes separately – you will have to put them through multiple wash cycles or failing that, discard them. wear gloves while doing this.

gas particles can stay active for 4-5 days so do not wear the same clothes if you are heading back out.  

I know most of you are following me because of video game stuff so this is gonna be the only thing I say about the shit that is going down I promise.

The police do some things nationwide when it comes to peaceful protests.

1. This is the most important one for here NO ONE GIVES A FUCK ABOUT TUMBLR WHEN THIS SHIT IS GOING DOWN. No cops are checking tumblr no protestors are checking tumblr. I am writing this guide for people who are here on tumblr to understand that the tactics that are being used are the same ones that have been used for the past 20 plus years on every peaceful protest.

2. Dispersal orders will be given as if they have been said more than once and then acted upon immediately. This is to allow them to kick the shit out of you and then claim it’s your fault for not following orders.

3. “Less lethal force” methods will be used. Less Lethal is not “non-lethal” the police do not have access to those things. Less lethal force includes tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, flash bangs and bean bag shotguns. These can kill but are designed to do as little damage as possible. The police however will use them in ways to cause lethal damage. The equipment will be used in intentionally dangerous ways to increase the fear factor.

4. The police will use every means possible to create fear in the protestors. Most people who go to these kinds of protests have never been to one before in their life. Most people have never had a gun pointed at them especially by a cop. Most of the time when someone is threatening you you think to call the police but when the police are the ones causing the threat then you get a sinking feeling.

5. If there is no one filming there is no evidence of what happened. That means that if they want to start beating people up first thing they have to do is get the media and the people with livestreaming capabilities out of the way. THE MEDIA WILL BE TARGETED SPECIFICALLY they will later be counted as collateral damage.

6. After clearing the media and doing what they do they will then blame it on the protestors. “They were violent.” “Planting bombs we had to stop them.” “They were on drugs.” etc etc. People believe police officers over the word of the average citizen. They will spin it so the protestors look like demons.

7. If violence does not stop the protestors then provocateurs will be used. A provocateurs is an undercover police officer that is “sent in to know what the protestors are up to” but really are there to start anti-police violence that the police will later use to justify their actions. I’ve had one once attempt to get me to set police cars on fire. If you see someone making the protestors look violent or unreasonable you might want to consider if they are a provocateur.

8.The president will be sad that the events are happening but will not do much more than offer his condolences. This will happen even while the UN is asking for intervention.

9. The media will spin the story as that the only things they have to go on are the words of the police since most of the time they are to lazy to interview protestors. Fox news will make the protestors seem like gangsters or anarchists.

10. People will be arrested for no reason and not given medical care. That includes medication for non protest related things. I remember having a friend get arrested and then held for 24 hours without access to his kidney medicine (he was later released without charge). The police will hold the protestors for a while and then release them because “no papers were filed”. This removes people from the protest and keeps them from having a coherent and continuous force. You can try to sue but chances are it will cost thousands of dollars and you won’t get much in return.

11. “free speech zones” aka you can protest over here until you actually are ok with that then we will move you out of there for “causing a disturbance”

New additions that I can’t believe I missed:

13. Write your lawyers number on your arm with sharpie. Everything you bring will be taken from you when you are arrested.

14. Use 1 part water 2 parts liquid anti-acid for cleaning tear gas. Its an acid like hot peppers but genetically modified to be much worse. Its against the Geneva convention to use it in war this shit is bad. Alternatively use milk.

15. It’s hot out there bring water.

If the police begin utalizing tear gas use a combination of 50% water and 50% Maalox/liquid antacid).

For pepper spray use dawn dish soap and water, vegetable oil, or milk in a spray bottle.